CAP Follow-up Surv CAP Follow-up Survey Form

Follow-Up Survey

The Foundation for Advancement in Conservation is interested in understanding the short-term and long-term impacts of the CAP Program. Please share your experience of the past year with us by completing this Follow-Up Survey.

Only aggregate results will be shared outside FAIC and IMLS staff. We thank you in advance for your feedback and appreciate any comments you may have.

Name of Institution:

1. How many times has anyone in your institution consulted your CAP report within the last year?

• Have not consulted CAP report

• 1-3 times

• 4-10 times

• More than 10 times

• Don’t know

2. Since CAP, has your institution created, revised, or begun development of the following collections care policies/guidelines:

	Created	Revised	In Development	No Action Taken	Policy Was Already in Place
Collections Management Policy	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
Long-Range Preservation Plan	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
Emergency Plan that includes collections	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
Other policy or plan	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐

If you indicated that you have created, revised, or are developing “other policies/guidelines,” please explain:

3. Indicate whether additional training has been provided for staff or volunteers in the following areas since your participation in CAP:

	Yes	No	Don’t know
Collection preservation activities	☐	☐	☐
Handling collection items	☐	☐	☐
Climate control and environment	☐	☐	☐
Emergency preparedness	☐	☐	☐
Preventive conservation	☐	☐	☐
Pest management	☐	☐	☐
Other collections care training	☐	☐	☐

4. Has your institution explored the Resources page on the CAP website? (https://www.culturalheritage.org/resources/collections-care/cap/resource-list)

☐ Yes ☐ No

If yes, how helpful were the Resources on the CAP website? (check one box below)

Extremely Helpful	Very Helpful	Somewhat Helpful	Not Very Helpful	Not at All Helpful
☐	☐	☐	☐	☐

What additional resources would be helpful to you as you implement the recommendations in your CAP report?

5. Since your assessment, has your institution’s leadership, board, or parent organization committed funds towards the preservation of the collection?

☐ Yes ☐ No

If yes, please briefly describe the project for which funds were committed:

Approximately how much money has been dedicated to the preservation of the collection since your CAP assessment? (Include budgeted funds for staff who perform preservation duties, supplies, equipment, surveys, treatments, and consultants.) $___________________

6. Has your institution used your CAP experience and report to PLAN OR APPLY FOR outside funding (i.e. grants, donations) for collections conservation?

☐ Yes ☐ No

If yes, please indicate whether you plan to apply or have applied for: (Check all that apply.)

☐ A federal grant or assistance program

☐ State grant or assistance program

☐ County or municipal grant or assistance program

☐ Foundation funding

☐ Private donor

☐ Crowdfunding (e.g., Kickstarter, GoFundMe)

☐ Other funding source (Specify: )

7. Since your assessment, has your institution been AWARDED outside funding for collections conservation?

☐ Yes ☐ No

If yes, please indicate whether your award is from: (Check all that apply.)

☐ A federal grant or assistance program

☐ State grant or assistance program

☐ County or municipal grant or assistance program

☐ Foundation funding

☐ Private donor

☐ Crowdfunding (e.g., Kickstarter, GoFundMe)

☐ Other funding source (Specify: )

If yes, what was the total amount of funding awarded? $

If yes, please briefly describe the project for which you were awarded funds:

8. Considering the prioritized list of recommendations provided in your CAP report, how much progress would you say your institution has made toward completing the recommendations? (Please select a number on a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 indicates no progress and 100 indicates completion of all recommendations.)

9. Have you completed the follow-up meeting with your assessor(s)?

☐ Yes ☐ No

If yes, what was the date of your follow up meeting? ______________

If yes, how helpful was the follow-up meeting with your assessors?

Extremely Helpful	Very Helpful	Somewhat Helpful	Not Very Helpful	Not at All Helpful
☐	☐	☐	☐	☐

What could have been done to make the follow-up meeting more helpful?

FAIC provides learning opportunities on how CAP participants have leveraged their CAP reports to achieve additional goals and/or funding. Would you be interested in participating in an opportunity such as this?

☐ Yes ☐ No

Please share any ideas for webinar topics that might help you at this stage (optional).

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Do you have experience implementing recommendations from your CAP report that you think might benefit other program participants?

☐ Yes ☐ No

If yes, please describe: __________________________________________________________

Please use this space to share any additional information.

If you did not submit evidence of meeting the required 1:1 match upon submission of your final report, please use the space below to do so. Sample Match Forms are available in the CAP Participant Portal. Contact CAP program staff at [email protected] with any questions.